Slider for use in a curtain rail

ABSTRACT

A slider for use in a curtain rail, which includes a substantially U-shaped member in which the legs extend downward when in use and are provided with mutually facing lips as their lower edge, and on which the head portion of a slider can rest. From the head portion, a suspension member protrudes downwards to below the curtain rail. A resilient wing is attached to the head portion which may have the shape of a U-shaped bracket of which one leg is fixedly connected to the head portion of the slider. The bracket has an abutment member which rests resiliently and presses against the inner surface of a leg of a curtain rail over a distance of at least several millimeters.

The present invention relates to a slider, for use in a curtain railwhich comprises a substantially U-shaped profile, the legs of which inthe position of use extending downwardly and at their lower ends areprovided with mutually facing lips by which a head portion of the slidercan be supported, whereby from the head portion, a suspension memberprotrudes downwardly to below the curtain rail.

Known sliders have the disadvantage, that the sliders in the curtainrail may be able to resonate when opening or closing a sliding curtainwhich is suspended from the glides. This may also occur for example,when in the closed position of the curtain, the wind has free play onit.

Sound may be produced through the back and forth swinging of the headportion of the sliders into the curtain rail, which is undesirable inmost cases.

The present invention aims to remove this drawback, and provides at thehead portion of the slider a flexible wing, which is attached to thehead portion, and which in the position of use of the slider resilientlyrests against the inner surface of a leg of the curtain rail, wherebythe pivotal movement of the slider in the curtain rail is prevented.

In particular, the wing will be in the form of a U-shaped bracket,whereby the end of one leg of the bracket is fixedly connected to thehead portion of the slider and the bracket possesses an abutment, whichover a distance of at least several millimetres resiliently restsagainst the inner surface of the leg of the curtain rail.

In this way, it is ensured that the pivoting of the head part of theslider in the curtain rail is positively prevented.

It should be noted that, in the presence of the wing, it is stillpossible to attach the slider from the lower side of the curtain rail inthe curtain rail. Thus, it is not necessarily to slide the sliders fromthe end of the curtain rail into the curtain rail.

The invention is further elucidated on the basis of an embodiment, whichis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 displays a perspective of a side view of a part of a curtainrail, with a slider disposed therein;

FIG. 2 displays a perspective of an end view of the curtain rail withthe slider, as displayed in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 displays a perspective view of a slider according to theinvention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 the curtain rail 1 comprises a U-shapedprofile 2, of which the legs 3 are in the position of use of the curtainrail 1, and extend downwardly, and the lower edges are provided withmutually facing lips 4.

The lips 4 are arranged for support of the head portion 5 of a slider 6.The head portion 5 serves for rotatably supporting of a suspensionmember 7, in which (not shown) a curtain hook can be connected.

The supporting part 5 is, in accordance with the invention, providedwith a resilient wing 8, to which is positioned and rests against theinner surface 9 of a leg 3 of the curtain rail 1.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of the slider 10,wherein the components, corresponding to that of the slider 6 shown inFIG. 2 are indicated by the same reference numerals.

In the slider 10, the wing 8 of FIG. 2, is formed by a U-shaped bracket11, of which the one leg 12 is fixedly connected to the head portion 5.The bracket 11 has an abutment 13, which, shown in FIG. 2, over acertain distance resiliently rests on and presses against the innersurface 9 of a leg 3 of the curtain rail 1, which prevents pivoting ofthe head part 5 of the slider 10.

It will be obvious, that only some possible embodiments of a slideraccording to the invention in the drawing have been shown and describedabove and that many modifications are possible without falling outsidethe inventive idea.

1. A slider for use in a curtain rail, which has a substantiallyU-shaped configuration in which the legs in the position of use extenddownwardly and of which the lower edges are provided with lips which aredirected towards each other, the slider including a head portion whichrests on the rail lips and a suspension member extending downwards tobelow the curtain rail, the slider head portion comprising a resilientwing which rests resiliently against an inner surface of a leg of thecurtain rail to prevent pivoting of the slider in the curtain rail. 2.The slider according to claim 1, wherein said wing has a U-shapedbracket configuration comprising a leg fixed to the head portion of theslider and an abutment member which resiliently rests against the innersurface of a leg of a curtain rail over a distance of severalmillimeters.